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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Israel.
(b) Tunisia.
(c) Norway.
(d) Germany.

2. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?
(a) The furthering of the status quo.
(b) A personal agenda.
(c) The greater good.
(d) The benefit of the uninitiated.

3. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?
(a) 6 times.
(b) 10 times.
(c) Once.
(d) 3 times.

4. According to Levitt, because something is correlated to something else does not imply what type of relationship between them?
(a) Porportional.
(b) Symbiotic.
(c) Causal
(d) Inverse.

5. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?
(a) 12%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 10%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?

2. What did the authors of FREAKONOMICS consider doing for six minutes?

3. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?

4. What action led to a reduction in blood donors in the 1970s?

5. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?

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